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“Society has always been the free man's greatest enemy. And the free man has been society's greatest friend. How did society treat Jesus, Socrates, Galileo, or Martin Luther King? Yet look what they have left behind.”

Quote by Laurence Boldt

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Laurence Boldt is an American author born in 1954. His works are known for their humor and satire, which have won him a wide readership. more

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